JNTO in action!
Dec 24, 2010 | 1:40 pm
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JNTO in action!
Something like 5 years ago, I sent an email to JNTO (Japan National Tourist Office) suggesting that if they wanted more people to visit Japan, they ought to lobby JR to have Nozomi shinkansen covered by the JR pass.
I never heard back. Until today.
No, they didn't finally address my original email. They sent me the December issue of something called "Visit Japan Today! December Issue." It has articles telling me many useful facts, like how to take sushi home as a souvenir of a Japanese vacation (hint: the sushi is either wax or plastic models).
But tips like that weren't the REAL reason for JNTO to suddenly re-discover my email. Here's the inside poop, straight from the JNTO horse's mouth:
Take THAT, Yokoso Japan promotion!
I never heard back. Until today.
No, they didn't finally address my original email. They sent me the December issue of something called "Visit Japan Today! December Issue." It has articles telling me many useful facts, like how to take sushi home as a souvenir of a Japanese vacation (hint: the sushi is either wax or plastic models).
But tips like that weren't the REAL reason for JNTO to suddenly re-discover my email. Here's the inside poop, straight from the JNTO horse's mouth:
■ Announcement of the holding of the Visit Japan Club
Around next March a community site to be managed and operated by the Tourism Agency and the Japan National Tourism Organization will start.
In this site, you can exchange views with worldwide people interested in Japan through blogs and bulletin boards, and obtain interesting goods through campaigns and photo contests.
We await your positive participation together with your friends.
We will inform you when the site will open once such details are decided.
Around next March a community site to be managed and operated by the Tourism Agency and the Japan National Tourism Organization will start.
In this site, you can exchange views with worldwide people interested in Japan through blogs and bulletin boards, and obtain interesting goods through campaigns and photo contests.
We await your positive participation together with your friends.
We will inform you when the site will open once such details are decided.
Dec 24, 2010 | 8:09 pm
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I'm glad to see that JNTO is coming out ahead on this before somebody else thinks of the same thing. Fingers crossed nobody scoops them between now and March!
Dec 24, 2010 | 8:43 pm
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Well isn't that a wide variety of website doing the same thing already? E.g. Japan-guide.com ....
Well isn't that a wide variety of website doing the same thing already? E.g. Japan-guide.com ....
Dec 25, 2010 | 2:13 am
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Train Pass
I'd love to see a Japan rail pass that covers all the private railways as well as the JR system, including the Nozomi services on the Tokaido & Sanyo shinkansen.
Dec 25, 2010 | 11:26 am
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Dec 25, 2010 | 7:14 pm
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Dec 26, 2010 | 8:14 am
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Dec 26, 2010 | 9:08 pm
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Dec 26, 2010 | 11:51 pm
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Hey, Ikebukuro is where my source of miracle fruit-su is located! Anyway, it's more like a crowded version of Fresno than Tijuana.
Dec 28, 2010 | 6:30 am
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Dec 29, 2010 | 2:24 pm
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Dec 30, 2010 | 4:22 am
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Let's not forget Nekobukuro. Smidgen thinks is some kind of brothel, he has a blast everytime he's there.